This
issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production(IJM&P)
features a selection of articles submitted and revised until August 2015.
Observed that works are the fruit of research and publications of
undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

It is important to mention that all the
works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free
from payments or taxes.

The
publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the
world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

As
chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board
and reviewers, which contributed to achieving a very decent job during the
evaluation and revision. Moreover, that has contributed to the Journal in
recognition of the international scientific community.

In
addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and
publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our
Journal.

The
first table presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and
sex are.

Table 1: views by year of publication

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

584

147

145

36

23

23

18

90

1,065

Female

190

67

80

12

8

3

11

25

396

The Tables 2 and 3
present the medium values and the percentage of viewing yearly and by
volume/number, to the day 28 of February of 2015.

Table 2: views by year of publication

Year

Views

No.
Articles

Average

Percentage

2010

2,955

3

985

2.7241

2011

5,212

5

1,042

4.8047

2012

8,374

7

1,196

7.7197

2013

37,840

35

1,081

34.8833

2014

46,479

64

726

42.8473

2015

7,616

30

254

7.0209

Table 3: views by volume/number

Edition

Views

Nº
Articles

Average

Percentage

V1_N1

2,955

3

985

2.7241

V2_N1

3,244

3

1,081

2.9905

V2_N2

1,968

2

984

1.8142

V3_N1

1,774

2

887

1.6354

V3_N2

6,600

5

1,320

6.0843

V4_N1

22,135

21

1,054

20.4054

V4_N2

15,705

14

1,122

14.4779

V5_N1

19,632

16

1,227

18.0980

V5_N2

10,675

16

667

9.8409

V5_N3

9,950

16

622

9.1725

V5_N4

6,222

16

389

5.7358

V6_N1

4,762

14

340

4.3899

V6_N2

2,854

16

178

2.6310

In
the Figure 1, are presented graphically some data. Tables 2 and 3, for example,
the total quantity, on average and the percentage of views by edition and year.

Figure 1: Percentage of
viewing by year

In
the period from January, 01 to August, 31 2015, the journal was accessed by approximately
9,508 users, of approximately 1,750 cities and 140 countries, in the Figure 2
is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was
originating the access (GOOGLE, 2015).